Venerable broadcaster, catalyst behind Petco Park join Hall
“Ted Leitner just exceeded his allotted time by 600 percent,” Lucchino told the crowd with his trademark wince.
And, of course, everyone was shocked and amazed. Actually, Leitner — who emceed so many of these events — wasn’t even done yet. He grabbed the podium again after Lucchino had addressed the crowd, naming people he forgot to thank — including the Famous San Diego Chicken, Ted Giannoulas, who Leitner asked to stand but who apparently wouldn’t out of costume.
One thing was clear after the ceremony was over: Both Lucchino and Leitner are extremely proud they were asked to join the biggest names on and off the field in Padres history, and there was a special sense of honor they were there together. “I understood when I met him that Larry’s Don Rickles, and I’m the dummy in the first row he’s picking on,” Leitner said. “He said I’m like anchovies, an acquired taste. He said, Ted is one of the best broadcasters in the country — in his particular price range. The relationship we had, and I hate to say it when he’s standing right here, but he was so damn smart, whether it’s merchandising, television contracts, baseball contracts, baseball trades, I never met someone who knew all of it.
From late 1994 until 2001, Lucchino was the leader of the organization at a time that made all that surrounded them happen.
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